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How can we help?

With your order, you will receive a FREE copy of the Stark Bro's Planting and Growing Guide. This professional guide can help answer many of your questions about planting and caring for your trees and plants. More information is available online on our website. If you need further help, you can send us your question by email at , or call us at 800.325.4180 Monday through Friday between 8:00 - 4:30 (Central time). We're here to help you succeed!

Shipping

Your planting success is important to us. To ensure prompt, reliable delivery of your order, Stark Bro's ships all of its products exclusively via UPS. When your order has shipped, you can expect your order within five to seven business days.

Spring 2009 Shipments

Nursery stock is shipped to arrive at the proper time for planting in your area. In general, we will begin shipping by hardiness zone as follows:

• Zone 8-10: February 9, 2009
• Zone 7: February 19, 2009
• Zone 6: March 10, 2009
• Zone 5: April 1, 2009
• Zone 3-4: April 9, 2009

When you place your order it will reference an estimated ship date on your order confirmation.

Split Shipments

It is possible that your order may be split into separate shipments arriving at different times. If this is the case, it will be indicated by the words "Partial Shipment", printed below Order Information on the front of the Packing List you receive with each shipment.

We Value Your Opinion

At Stark Bro's, we constantly strive to grow the finest products and make your gardening experience a great one. Many of our best ideas have come from you - our customers! If you have an idea, comment or recommendation on how we can serve you better, please let us know by emailing us at . We look forward to hearing from you!

Payment Information

If you have a balance due on your order, you have several options for making a payment. Please note: all payments are due within 25 days of receipt of your order. For your convenience, you can make your payment online via credit card. Simply sign in and click the "Make a payment" link under Account Information. Pay by credit card via phone by calling us at 800.325.4180 Monday through Friday between 8:00 - 4:30 (Central time). Or send your check or money order to the following address:

Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co.
P.O. Box 1800
Louisiana, MO 63353

Return Instructions

To return an item, please contact us at 800.325.4180 Monday through Friday between 8:00 - 4:30 (Central time). When you obtain your return information, please send the item to:

Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co.
Customer Returns Dept.
11548 Hwy NN - Building "R"
Louisiana, MO 63353

Email Addresses

Want to ask a question or leave a comment? Please send them to .

Mailing Address

Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co.
P.O. Box 1800
Louisiana, MO 63353

Commercial & Wholesale Info

Stark Bro's is not in the nursery business to merely sell trees. We're in this business to grow and sell fruit trees that will produce profitably for our customers. And we have a dedicated team to work with businesses and commercial growers interested in large volume purchases.

We have 5-Gallon Nut Trees, 7-Gallon Fruit & Ornamental Trees, 15-Gallon Trees. Trees using the Stark® EZ Start™ 4x4x10 Potted. Bare root Ornamentals and Small Fruits.

Speak with our dedicated commercial/wholesale team for pricing and availability by phone at 800.435.8733 or by browsing our commercial catalog.

Our Promise of Satisfaction - Limited Warranty

Since 1816, Stark Bro's has promised to please customers with the very best fruit trees and landscaping products, no matter what. It's just that simple. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, let us know within a year of delivery and we will send you a free one-time replacement or refund your full purchase price if you don't want a replacement. To receive your replacement or refund, please call 800.325.4180. This warranty gives you specific rights, and you may also have other rights, which vary from state to state.

Product Definitions

Use this handy glossary of terms we frequently use at Stark Bro's to identify and describe our products.

Tree Sizes:

• Stark Supreme Tree®: Everything you need! Get our top-grade trees: large-trunked, straight, well-branched, 4-5 foot trees. With every tree you also get a "Grow Fast-and-Strong" kit that includes 3 Time-Release Fertilizer Pills, Weed mat and Tree Guard.
• Dwarf: For small spaces! Grows 8-10 feet tall, yet bears full-sized fruit.
• Semi-Dwarf: A fruit factory! Grows 12-15 feet tall, and produces hundreds of fruits a season.
• Standard: Go big! Trees grow 18-25 feet tall and bear fruit mostly on the outside branches.

Stark® EZ Start® System:

Many Stark fruit and nut trees, Stark Custom Graft® fruit trees and ornamental trees are now grown using the Stark® EZ Start® System. First developed to improve hard-to-transplant varieties, this award-winning system uses "bottomless" pots to naturally air prune the root system, creating a dense mass of roots, which will transplant and establish more quickly. This greatly accelerates growth rates and induces early flowers and fruits. And, unlike other fruit tree growers, Stark Bro's creates multiple variety trees in our state-of-the-art greenhouse facility, providing the optimum environment for bud take and growth. The dual benefits of the Stark® EZ Start® System and the climate controlled growing conditions produce the best quality tree your money can buy.

Bare-root:

Bare-root trees and plants are shipped without soil and usually arrive without any apparent green growth. Sometimes our customers are surprised at the appearance of their bare-root trees, assuming they have arrived dead. Think of a bare-root plant much like a shrub or deciduous tree in winter - no leaves and no green growth showing. The plant is basically "at rest", reserving all of its energy for vigorous growth in spring.

There are many advantages to planting bare-root trees, shrubs and berries. In many instances they are easier to plant. They are not accustomed to potting soil as are potted plants, thus adjust to various soil conditions quickly. They are not spending energy supporting vigorous top grown and leaves before they get established in their new garden home. Although they show no signs of life, they will leap into growth soon after planting.

Starkspur®

A Stark patented product since 1952! "Spurs" make bigger harvests! Starkspur® semi-dwarf trees are different from standard trees which bear fruit only on the outside limbs. The spur allows fruit to form on each limb and bear from the trunk out - doubling the amount of fruit.

Stark® Colonnade®

Grow full-sized fruit on narrow columnar-shaped trees. Perfect for growing fruit on a balcony, patio, or sliver of ground - even if you live in an apartment or condo. They make a particularly impressive and product "living fence" when planted in a row - consider using them to disguise eyesores on your property and grow fruit at the same time!

Self-pollinating

Indicates tree or plant will pollinate itself and doesn't need another tree or plant near it in order to bear fruit. In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. You'll get fruit with only one tree!

Order Handling

Our policy is to fill orders exactly as received. If we are sold out of the variety you ordered, we reserve the right to substitute a similar one of equal or greater value. If you do not wish to have a substitute item used on your order, please call us at 800.325.4180 or email us at .

Mailing List

We periodically make Stark Bro's mailing list available to organizations whose products and services may be of interest to you. You can manage your contact options from within "My Account" » "Promotion Options".

Gift Orders

Already know what you want to send to that special someone? Create a gift order online. During the checkout process you can use your gift recipient's mailing address as the shipping address for your order and add your own personalized gift message. You can also call us at 800.325.4180 and let our staff assist you in placing your gift order.

Web Technologies

To provide the best possible experience for our customers, we designed and tested our website with many different browsers and operating systems. Our site is best viewed in Safari 1.2 or later, Firefox, and Internet Explorer 6 or later.

Our website makes use of Java and Javascript, please make sure they are enabled in your browser. We also make extensive use of "tool tips". If you see a link or an icon on our web site that you need additional information about, simply place your mouse over the link or icon and it will display additional information.

Our site is designed to be viewed at a display resolution of 1024 x 768 or larger.

Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy is important to us. We hope the following statement will help you understand how Stark Bros collects, uses and safeguards the personal information you provide to us on our site.